North Carolina Newspapers

SUPPORT POLIO Wilkeeboro Has a . trading radius of 60 miles, lV I'M),000 people in c*ro"n* The Journol-Potriot Hos Blazed the Trail of Progress In the "State of Wilkes" For Over 43 Years 1. 43, No. 81 Published Monday* and Thursdays NORTH WILKESBORO, N. O, Monday, January 30, 1950 Make North Wilkesboro Your Shopping Center Polio Canpaiga Makhg Progress la Wilkes County Optimists Get $216.25 On Dime Board; Total Re ported Near $2,000. Polio campaign in Wilkes county is progressing slowly but encouraging reports have been (received from some phases of the drive for $10,000, Edward P. Bell, campaign chairman, stated today. Largest contribution by one group to date has been $501.89 given by the personnel at Wilkes Hosiery Mills company, which was supplemented by a substan tial contribution by the company. I. H. McNeill, Jr., commerce and industry chairman of the cam paign, commended the employes highly for their liberal contribu tion. Dime Board $216.23 ^-"AfNorth Wilkesboro Optimist club manned the dime boards on the J streets here Saturday and report ] ed contributions of $216.25, ] which, was the largest dime board -sj>total to date in the campaign. On Saturday of this week the Wilkes Junior Chamber of Commerce will operate these gift stands. Optimists who worked with the dime boards were D. T. Trivette, A. L. Fincannon, John Moss, For rest Tugman, E. R. Eller, and J. D. Hall. $2,000 Given Through Mails Chairman Bell said today that * the total received through the 1 mails and from the dime board is approximately $2,000. He urged early and prompt returns from letters and from various chair men. The $2,000 total does not in clude any returns from schools or Home Demonstration clubs and does not include any figures from the commerce and industry di vision, of which I. H. McNeill, Jr., .is chairman. State Seeks Taxes For 3 Back Years The State Revenue Collector's Office has notified 500 Wilkes and Yadkin County residents re cently, reminding them of their failure to file state income tax forms for 1946. The department has been checking up. on unpaid cases for some time, Harry L. Summers, deputy collector here, said, and notices have been sent to those ^jrho failed to file in this year. * We'll get a lot of new ones this year, Summers stated. When these people come in to file for 1946 we check up on 1947 and 19 4 S. And most of those who tx't-^ile in 1946 didn't file in the other years. Summers gave two explana tions why people fail to file. One. he said, is that employees did not Jkjfpw they were required to send toe State's copy of the "income at the source" slip that goes to the Federal Oovrenment. The other reason, he added, is that people just fail to file ? even though their income slips have been sent to the State. All employers are required to file a "report of information at the source, Form D408'' for each person who was paid during the calendar year 1949, $1,000 if single; $1,000 if married wom an: $2,000 if married man; for salary, fees, commissions, rent, interest or other fixed or deter minable gains, profits or income These forms are furnished by the 'North Carolina Department of Revenue. L. Haywood Miller Accepts Position In Cleveland County L. Haywood Miller, son of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Miller, of Wilkesboro, completed the re quirements for graduation from N. C. State College in December and has accepted employment with the Farmers' Home Admin istration in Shelby. Mr. Miller was designated as ptinguished military gradu the ROTC unit where he held the rank of cadet major. He was a member of the staff of the "Agriculturist," a college publi cation. This past fall he was in charge of the agricultural eco Mmics department exhibit of the wudents' agricultural fair, a part of the N. C. state fair. Mr. Miller will begin his du ties in Cleveland county Febru ary 1st. ' ^ 2 SETS OF TWINS IN ONE CLASS; ALL PLAY BASKETBALL FOR MILLERS CREEK Snider is a dominant name in list of seniors at Millers "Creek high school. Three daughters and one son of Mr. and Mrs. Monroe Snider, of North Wilkesboro route one, compose two sets of twins in the 12th grade. The above picture shows this unusual group of one family in one class. In front are Willa Jean, left, and Geraldine, who compose one set of twins, and standing are Hazel and Beachel Snider, who are also twins. All four play basket ball and are prominent in school activities. Willa Jean is captain of the girls' team and plays forward. Geral dine and Hazel are guards on the girls' varsity team. Beachel is co-captain of the boys' basketball team and was halfback and co-captain the Fbotbalt teJfrou Hfe was also voted the best athlete in his class. WILKES HOME CLUBS HAVE AH INSPIRING ACHIEVEMENT DAY By MRS. ADDIE H. JONES The Achievement program for the Home Demonstration Clubs of Wilkes County was given in the V. F. W. building on the eve ning of January 25, with Mrs. A. T. Whittington presiding. After a short welcome by the president, Mrs. Irvin Key gave a toast to the men. The response was by Bentley Parlier. The attendance of 350 met our expectations and we were happy to have so many interested men present. Pleasant Ridge Club from near Elkin won the ribbon for the most *miles| traveled. Fairplains won a ribbon for the largest members present, with Cricket Club trailing just behind. Judge Hayes' subject was "Citizenship," and he compared Wilkes County 50 years ago with today, emphasizing the present' day opportunities and the ad vancement made, through the , work of our county and Home Agents, which are building citi zenship through their work . , To relax the audience at this time Mr. Dewey Minton was called to the stage, where he and one of our club members did a bit of "clowning" In song, to which the audience had to re- < spond with much handshaking, i After this relaxation Mrs. Addie j H. Jones, as narrator, gave a combined report for all the clubs. 1 Our slogan "Today's Home Builds ' Tomorrow's World" was promi- I nently displayed, and as Mrs. ] Jones reported on each club proj- i eit Mrs. J. P. Crysel built, on an ? outing board, a modern home. ] The 24 th block completed the borne and emphasized the 24 i projects of this year's work. Ribbons were presented to Buggaboo and Cricket Clubs for the best 1949 scrap books. Cricket Club also won the pub icity ribbon. It Little Miss Delia Cooper gave i very graceful and skilful acro batic dance and JoyCe Burke lave a piano number. Refreshments were served by :he Cricket Club with the aid of Mr. Carl Lucas, who donated and nade Nestles Instant Coffee. The decorations were arranged >y the Mountain View Club and he corsages for the officers were rom Millers Creek Club. f A worthwhile program show- e ng much had been accomplished g ty our Home Demonstration t Clubs. It was an enjoyable occa sion and we close by expressing our appreciation to all who con tributed to the success of the meeting. Skating Exhibition For Polio Campaign ^ On Thursday, February 2, a speed contest and skating exhi bition will be held at the Mulber ry Roller Rink under sponsorship of the Mulberry skating club. John T. Cashion will be mas ter of ceremonies and admission will be a contribution t0 the March of Dimes polio campaign First on the program will be midget skaters, followed by the frolicking clown. A potato race on skates and a speed contest will be other features. A number of prizes will be given winners. Oth er contests and the grand march by members of the club will round out what should be an ex citing and enjoyable program. Chicken Supper On Saturday Evening The people of Friendship church will serve another chicken supper at the Gaither store build ing, six miles west on 421, on Saturday evening, February 4, beginning at 6 o'clock. Proceeds will be applied to the church building fund. There will also be lousehold articles for sale. Plates will be $1.00 for adults and 50 :ents for children. Everybody is nvited. Cotton Allotments Close February 15 According to Maude S. Miller, lecretary to the Wilkes county 5MA, the closing date for accept ng applications for new-grower otton allotments has been set by he N. C. State PMA committee 'or February 15, 1950. Any producers Interested in a otton allotment should come by he county PMA office within the lexUtwo weeks and execute Form fQ-SS. Attention is directed to the act that the PMA office is clos td on Saturday, but open from i:00 a. m. to 4:30 p. m. Monday hrougfc Friday, Large Attendance At Annual Meeting Wilkes Chamber 31st A large attendance of mem bers Is expected for, the annual banquet of the Wilkes Chamber 0f Commerce to be held Tuesday evening, 6:30, at Hotel Wilkes. Lester Rose, of Raleigh, an outstanding chamber of com merce executive and speaker, will address the banquet. Officers will be installed and reports of offi cers will be given. Colored Woman Dies In Fight With Husband Paul Hawkins exonerated For Death Of Wife; Hear ing Held Today Lufinu Martin Hawkins, 25, colored resident of the Cairo community east of Wilkesboro, died suddenly at 1 a. m. Sunday at her home while in an alterca tion with her husband, Paul Haw kins, 26. Sheriff C. G. Poindexter, who with Coroner I. M. Myers, in vestigated the death, today relat ed the story told by Paul Haw kins. He told the sheriff that he was at home Saturday night and when his wife had not come in at a late hour that he locked the doors. About 1 a. m., he said, his wife came to the house and gained entrance through a win dow on the back porch. He said he went out the front to avoid trouble and that his wife caught up with him in the yard before he could get in his car and leave. Hawkins further told the officers that his wife started fighting him and that she bit the end oi one of his fingers off. At that point in the altercation, he said, he struck his wife with his fist and she fell. Hawkins related that his wife spell* and e thought she fatrfbeti: He carried her into Jthe house and placed her on the bed. When she had failed to revive after some time he Ifearned she was dead. Sheriff Poindexter said the woman .had slight scratches or her face and a bruise on her lefi jaw. Hfwkins insisted to the offi cers that the blow he strucl could not have killed his wife. o Basketball Games Schedule Is Given North Wilkesboro high schoo basketball teams will play thret games this week. On Tuesdaj night Roaring River girls anc boys will play here, the first game starting at 7 o'clock. North Wilkesboro teams will play at Children's Home in Winston Salem Friday night and at Kan napolis Saturday night. Wilkesboro Games Tonight Wilkesboro boys var sity and boys B team will play at Elkin. On Tuesday night Wilkes boro boys and girls play at Ren da. Wilkesboro boys and girls will play at Mountain View Fridaj night. o T. S. Kenerly With Yadkin Valley Co. T. Soott Kenerly, former mayor of North Wilkesbor0 and who for more than 20 years was engaged in the automobile busi ness, has accepted a position with the Yadkin Valley Motor company, local Ford dealer, as salesman in charge of the truck and commercial department. Mr. Kenerly will maintain headquarters at the Yadkin Val ley Motor company's truck de partment on the northeast corner of Ninth and C streets in the new building. He invites his friends to call on him to discuss their truck needs and will also be in position to sell new Ford auto mobiles and used cars of all makes. , . o ?? Chamberlain Opens Insurance Office Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Chamberlain and daughter, Anne, who had been residing in Ra leigh, are now at home at 512 Fifth street in North Wilkesboro. Mr. Chamberlain, representative of Security Life and Trust com pany, has been transferred to North Wilkesboro and will havfc his office in the Poindexter build ing. In addition to his life and hospitalisation insurance busi ness Mr. Chamberlain will render assistance in preparation of fed eral and Mate income tax report* Revival At First Baptist Church Begins Sunday Rev. R. Knolan Benfield, Of Hickory, WiU Be Guest Speaker At Services The Reverend R. Knolan Ben field, pastor of the First Baptist Church of Hickory, will be the preacher in the series of revival meetings to be held at the First Baptist Church in North Wilkes bor0 beginning on next Sunday night, February 5. Rev." Mr. Ben field is a graduate of Mars Hill and Wake Forest College and has taught in the public schools of this State. He attended the Southei*n Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentuc ky, receiving the Th. M. degree. He was pastor of churches in Angler, N. C., and Waynesville, Georgia and has been in Hickory since 1943. At the present time Rev. Mr. Benfield is a representative from North Carolina on the Foreign Mission Board of the Souhtern1 Baptist Convention; a member i of Committee of Fifteen for the disposition of the Wake For est College property upon its re moval to Winston-alem and is a trustee 0f he college. He is a man of deep sincerity, of practi cal faith, and preaches to large congregations each Sunday in his home church, which is one of the largest ln the State. Services will be held each evening, Sunday through Friday, February 5-10, and on Sunday morning February 12, at eleven o'clock. Lufina Hawkms a daugh ter of Jim and Clarabelle Mar tin. Other survivors are her hus band, two brothers and seven sisters. Funeral will be held Tuesday, 2 p. m., at ^Mountain Valley church. Inquest Held Today At the Inquest conducted today by Coroner I. M. Myers a jury . exonerated. Hawkins and con ' eluded that the woman died of a heart atack caused by exertion. Colored Man b Victim Accident On Highway 421 One colored man was killed and another critically hurt when a car loaded with moonshine liquor ran off highway 421 and overturned 18 miles east of here on highway 421 at 10 p. m. Sun day night. Lovette Weatherspoon, 21, of East Spencer, was killed and his brother, Carter Weatherspoon, Jr., is in Wilkes hospital here. Lovette died when en route to the hospital and Carter has been in an unconscious condition be cause of head injuries. Highway Patrolman Ray Gar land and Wilkes Coroner I. M. Myers investigated the accident. The patrolman stated that the car was traveling east, apparently at a high rate of speed, when it left the highway and overturned several times. Both men were thrown some distance from the wreckage. Fruit jars filled with whisky were scattered over an area of several yards, officers said. Occupants of the car were brothers. Officers said today that they not learned which was driving at the time of the acci dent. Body of the accident victim was taken to Salisbury for fu neral arrangements. o Thomas Nicholson Funeral Held Today Thomas A. Nicholson, 77-year old farmer .of the Traphill com munity, died early Saturday. Surviving Mr. Nicholson are his wife, Mrs. Eliza Jane Nichol son; two sons and four daugh ters, J. W. Nicholson of Jones, Dewey Nicholson of Thurmond, Mrs. Hattie Andrews of Dublin, Va., Mrs. Viola Johnson of Joynes, Mrs. Pearl Joines of Traphill, and Mrs. Clarence Ad ams, of Elkland. Funeral service.. was- held to day, 11 a. m? at Roaring River church near Traphill. Rev. Ernest Blevins and Rev. L. E. Sparks conducted the last rites. Miss Helen Frances Bell, young daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edwatd Bell, was qnite iH at her hoou last week in WUkephoro. H? condition is much improved. Revival Speaker REV. R. KNOLAN BEXFIELD Students Debate Consolidation Of Two High Schools North WllkeBboro Kiwanls Club Friday noon held an inter esting meeting, which was fea tured by discussion of a number of matters of public interest and a debate on the proposal t?,, con solidate Wilkesboro and North Wilkesboro high schools. The report of the educational Guidance Committee was res concerning the employing of high school young people in the vari ous local concerns for experience. The club voted approval of the plan If the committee can work it out so as to meet the govern mental requirements. Secretary T. E. Story called attention to the fact that Governor Scott vil1 be here on March 2nd to present the plaque which was won by Wilkes county ia ihe recent road fbond, school -b&fik electian. 'Tt\ was proposed thatnthe three civic clubs meet on that Thursday for the luncheon with the Gover nor and then go to the court house for the presentation of the plaque. By motion the club voted to do so. . Robert Morehouse discussed the matter of the Kiwanians go ing to the meetings of the Key Clubs and urged them to attend. Program Chairman A. C Chamberlain introduced his two young speakers, Miss Frances Harris and Jimmie Moore, of the local high school, who Rebated the query: "Resolved, That There Should be a Central High School for the Wilkesboros." Miss Harris made a very force ful talk; showing the great need of school building improvement and the many advantages that would arise in case of the con solidation. The rating of such a school would not be in question. It could offer more courses to suit the needs of the young peo ple of the community. A great unified school spirit would pre vail. Jimmie Moore admitted that there would be advantages, but j that there are many difficulties that would have to be over come before the scheme could be worked out. Both the young people did an excellent Job presenting the vari ous phases of the question. Guests Friday were as follows: J. M. Anderson, with J- B. Wil liams; Earl M. Smith, of Wap okoneta, Ohio, with Dr. J. H McNeill; John K. Blackburn, of Waynesboro, Va., with Ira D. Payne; W. M. Allen and J. L. Williams, of Elkin, with J. H. Whicker; J. Floyd Woodward, William T. Long and Zeb Dick son, with Dr. A. C. Chamberlain. Baked Ham Supper At Mt. Pleasant Everybody is invited to the baked ham sapper to be held Fri day night a^ Mt. Pleasant school lunchroom. Plates will be sold $1 for adults and 50 cents for children, with all proeeeds going to the Mount Pleasant church building fund. Supper will ?e served from 6 until 8 o'clock.^ _____??0 Closed Season On Quail And Rabbits Joel Bentley, district game protector, stated today that the season for hnntlng Quail, Raccoon and Rabbits cloBes January St. The trapping season In Wilkes closes the same date, January SI. Telephone Hearing Set For Thirediy At Town Hall Here Complaints On Telephone Service Will Be Heard By Utilities Commission ? North Carolina Utilities Com nisslon will conduct a public tearing Thursday, February 2, n the North Wilkesboro town tall relative to needs for lm jroved telephone service and elephone service expansion in iVilkes county. The hearing will open at 10 t'clock a. m. Announcement of the hearing vas issued here by a representa ;ive of the commission, who stat 3d that all persons with com plaints or requests will be heard. This representative of the com mission stated that over a-lpng period the commission has re jelved numbers of complaints trom residents of the Wllkes boros concerning the local and long distance service. |There have also been many complaints from people in rural areas that they have been unable to obtain telephone service and that the Central Telephone com pany, which serves this area, has failed to extend lines into many rural communities where there is demand for telephone service. The commission in announce ment ot tbe bearing here said that all complaints would be heard at the hearing and Invited all who desired to be heard to attend tbe hearing. Announcement of the commis sion's hearing t0 be held here has attracted considerable inter est and it is expected that there will be visitors from other areas here to observe procedure and results. Truck Runs Wild; Crashes Into Pole A panel truck belonging to Howard Strader rolled off from Where it was parked on C street Sunday afternoon. The truck, without a driver, rolled west down the street, across Ninth street, rah over the curb on the south side of the street and crashed into a power line pole between the postoffice and Yadkin Valley Motor com pany. The truck was badly dam aged. A motorist on the street at the time succeeded in dodging the driverless vehicle as it ran down the hill and across the street. o J. C. Davis Buys Busic Cab Firm J. C. Davis, owner of City Cabs and Davis Cabs, has purchased Busic Cabs and will continue to operate the cabs under the same name. Mr. Davis has also leased the Uptown Service station, which will continue to be headquarters of Basic Cabs. He wtl also pper ate the service station, rendering complete service to motorists. The other taxi firms owned by Mr. Davis will continue operation from their present stands. Care ful and courteous drivers will man all cabs, which are fully in sured, said Mr. Davis. Tobacco Meeting On February 1st By J. P. CHOPLIN, County Agent There will be a tobacco meet ing Wednesday^ February 1 at 10:00 a.m., at the farm of Mr. John F. Sparks midway between Ronda and EJkin on Highway 268. Mr. Sparks has just recently completed a tobacco barn accord ing to the latest recommenda tions of State College. This type of barn will save 20 to 26 per ;ent on the fuel required to care tobacco. Mr. S. N. Hawks, Tobac co Specialist of the North Caro lina State College Extension Service, will be at this meeting In axplain the purpose and opera tion in curing tobacco with this type of tobacco barn. At 1:30 p.m., we will have a meeting at the Ronda High School at which time Mr. Hawks srill^gLve an illustrated talk us ing colored pictures on various tobacco subjects. All to-bacoo farmers are cor iially invited to attend these two meetings. Mrs. J. R. Q. Johnson, Mrs. Hubert Billings, and Mrs. John W. Mitchell vers vsftors ta Win ston-Salem Thursday.